St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-13
THE BsDGER STATE.
Formal organ cation of the a.egisIa-
ture--A SociaIiss Breaks Loose.

ture--A SociaIise Breaks Loose.
Special TO the Globe.
MADISON, Wis, Jan. 12.-The second
biennial session. being the Thirty eighth
session of the legislature, convened at noon
to-day. The excitement which had been
SO rife pending the caucuses for the nominal
ton of speaker and president of the senate
subsidized somewhat after the settlement of
these positions last night, but the hotels
presented quite an animated appearance
until long after midnight. knots of politi-
clans being gathered about discussing the
outcome of the caucus, and already begin
ming to formulate plans concerning the
work of the session. Many disappointed
faces. belonging to those whose political
Influence" was not sufficient to secure
them positions which they sought to I'LL.
mingled with those of their more fortunate
adversarieS. and every train leaving the
city last night and this morning carried
loads of sulky aspirants. Matters moved
slowly this forenoon, the members seeming
anxious to enjoy brief rest after the lively
turmOils of the past two days. At II
O'Clock noon Lieut.. Gov. Ryland called the
senate to order and Chief Clerk Coe of the
assembly performed a like service for the
house.
A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
was effected after preliminaries were at
tended to, states made out by the Republi-
can caucuseS with the assistance of Hold
Taylor and other members of the state
central committee. being adopted in short
order. The Democratic senators hOnored
John Garry. of Manitowoc, with thei1 vote
for president pro tenn. while John Winan,
of Rock. received the honorary vote of his
party for speaker Of the house. Assembly
ma . Garside, of Milwaukee, elected on the
peoples ticket. got the solid vote of the
members representing that party, number
ing five in all. Senator Erwin, president
pro TEN. of the senate, is 40 years of age.
He was a captain of volunteers i'll the late
war and is now serving his second term in
the senate. Speaker Mills is one of the
Youngest members of the assembly, this
being his second term in that body. AS
semblyman Theodore Rudzinski,
THE MILWAUKEE SOCIALIST,
who will be remembered as the person who
so violently denounced Gov. Rusk to his
lace during the riots of last May for the
action the governor was taking for their
suppression, made a great show of himself
in tO-day's session and succeeded in show
ing to his fellow members the true material
of which the party that he represents is
composed. A resolution had been offered
by Mr.. Brigham. of Milwaukee, providing
for placing all bills bearing on Milwaukee
legislation in the hands of the regular stand
ing committees instead of leaving them to
the consideration of the Milwaukee delega-
ton as has been the custom heretofore
The object of this was to prevent the labor
element which eomposes the majority of
the delegation from having any
action in the matter. Rudzinski
divining this object took possession
of the floor and commenced wild harangue,
gresticulating violently the while and de-
nouncing the measure in vehement terms
and declaring that the members of his party
were not wild beasts, but human flesh
and bones. The resolution was finally
adopted in spite of his outbreak. The
speech caused considerable excitement COM
bined with merriment. The leg stature will
soon be enlivened by contest for seat in
the assembly, the contestorS being Messrs.
Tate, Democrat. and Mccain, Repub-
lican. of Richland. Both parties hold GER
tlticates of election and will spend twice the
amount of the salary of the office if neces-
sary to secure their claims. The two houses
will meet in joint session tomorrow fore
noon to listen to the governors message.